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In order to become a US citizen the immigrant have to have lived in the US for two years.
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Congress Reduces Naturalization Residency Requirements to five years.
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Native Americans exampted from naturalization and from Tribal land.
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Irish immigration to US begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US.
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American ’’Nativist’’ Gain Political Power and Advocate 21 year Residence Requirement for Naturalization.
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Supreme Court Rules in NY, that States May take precautionary measures against the importation of ‘’ paupers, Vagabonds, Convicts and infectious Articles’’
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Naturalization of germans and irish are expedited and offered free of charge during election time.
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo results in USA acquiring Colorado, Arizona, Texas, California, and parts of Utah and Nevada.
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Supreme court rules that congress alone can regulate immigration.
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Homestead act of 1862 passes to encourage western migration.
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most immigrants arriving in the United States found themselves facing current material poverty
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Law Toughness penalties for transpiring asians to the united states
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Immigration exclusion act PRO, poor and mentally, Chinese exclusion act and immigration exclusion era begins.
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President Lincoln acts to prohibit the ‘’ Cooling Trade’’.
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Supreme court confirms the 14 amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
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Anarchist act enacted and exclusion of immigrants based in political ideology.
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Angel Island Immigration station opened for business.
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The U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law.
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Between 1880 and 1920, more than 25 million foreigners arrived on American shores.
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The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins
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The Border Patrol is created to combat smuggling and illegal immigration.
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532,431 immigrants arrive.
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The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14.
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President Roosevelt negociated a bilateral treaty with Mexico through which Mexico would provide temporary farm workers to the United States.
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Around 40,000 were admitted into the United States because of the violent Soviet response
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Major landmark in U.S. immigration law
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This act was extended per-country limitation on immigration
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This act brought th U.S into a compliance with its interbational obligation to refugees.
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Legalize aliens who had resided in the U.S in am unlawful status.
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Raised quota cieling to 700,000, it created a lottery program
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This limited the ability to have relief to those who were helld in detention and restricted the judicia review.
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Immigratin law was pretaining to admisiion and deportation.
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made many legal immigrants inelegible for federal entitlement programs
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Requires states to verify a person’s immigration status or citizenship before issuing licenses.
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Immigration policy debated and defeated, This bill would have a large impact. It would have provided a legal path to citizenship.